Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Rone, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Joyce. Illustrated in the retro-modern style of a 50's sf pulp, A DAY WITH WILBUR ROBINSON is filled with fun things including an Ellington-Armstrong with frogs music band, an individual fly-able jet-pack, an anti-gravity machine, and is the fun story of the search for Grandfather Robinson's false teeth. An eye-catching color illustration faces every page of text. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Color Illustrations by Richard Floethe. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Price clipped dust jacket with light soil, closed tear at top back edge.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jackrt. Illustrated by Ardizzone. Tim rows out to rescue his careless friend Ginger from the rising tide, but their small boat is caught in a storm and dashed upon the rocks before they reach safety. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Orchard Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Baltimore, MD, Claster Enterprises, 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 43 pages. Cardboard covers. No dust jacket. Full color illustrations by Gordon E. Nichols. Previous owner's signature front endpaper. Soiling, rubbing to covers. Cracking at spine. Edgewear.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, unclipped. Yorinks' and Egielski's 1st book together. Black & white illustrations by Egielski. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Scribner's , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Brown cloth covers with gilt titles, dust jacket completely illustrated in color and acetate-protected, lovely color illustrations by Uri Shulevitz. Slight wear to dust jacket edges, pages and covers clean, crisp and unmarked; a clean, tight copy in beautiful condition.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint , 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Contains black & white and red illustrations by Seuss. Some edgewear. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping, creasing, small tears.

Hardcover. Chicago, Childrens Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 48 pages. Illustrated in color and b&w by Phoebe Erickson.

Hardcover. NJ, Silver Burdett, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Alfonso Ruano. Light soil to covers.

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. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth stamped in black with gilt title on front and spine. No date on title page but states Twenty-First Edition. 416 pages. An early printing of the second Uncle Remus book, illustrated with frontispiece and 19 plates by Frederick Church. While working for the Atlanta Constitution in 1876, Harris "invented Uncle Remus" He published Uncle Remus pieces regularly in the Constitution, and they were extremely popular. In 1880 he collected them into his first book. Remus was a composite of three elderly slaves he had known, the stories themselves were his retellings of old African American tales. He rigorously researched his material, often collecting several versions of the same story until he felt he had the most authentic one. Hinges cracked, but generally a bright, clean copy of this title.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Laminate covers with completely illustrated in color, full-page color illustrations by Jay Hyde Barnum. Rubbing and mild edgewear to cardboard covers; a neat, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 131 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated in color and black & white by Richard A. Holberg. Dust jacket worn, now protected by clear plastic cover.

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. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY MINOR ON half title-page. Color illustrations by Wendell Minor.

Hardcover. Paris, Plon-Nourrit & Co., 1st, ND, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 47 pages. Illustrated cloth boards with ribbon tie missing. Illustrated with full color drawings by M.B. de Monvel. Children's songs in French. Spine and cover with slight sun fading. No date, circa early 1900s.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Bright color illustrations by Lilo Fromm. Winner of the German Children's Book Prize in 1967. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG on title-page. Color illustrations by author. Dust jacket with light edgewear, rubbing and price clipped.

Hardcover. NY, David Mckay, 2nd, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Profusely illustrated in b&w by author. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Depicts early sailing vessels such as Egyptian reed boats, Viking longships, Chinese junks, and American frigates.

Hardcover. Menlo Park CA, Lane Book Co.,, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 64 pages. Contains black & white photography by Martin Litton and Frances Coleberd. A Sunset Junior Book. Tim and Maria Black live at Oak Valley Ranch, where their days pass in a gay mixture of fun and work. They go on hayrides, search for wildflowers, and at one point in the story Maria gets lost! Buck, a blacksmith, comes to work at Oak Valley. Buck discovers there is a great deal to learn from the children about the ranch. In return, he explains his trade to them and helps them care for their horses. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Some tape residue to covers and dust jacket.

NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Anita Lobel. "One of the greatest pleasures of this impressive collection of 12 Russian fables is Lobel's sophisticated artwork. She outdoes herself with watercolor-and-gouache paintings that are brilliantly colored and wonderfully composed. The details are just right....Heins' prose retellings of poems by Ivan Andreevich Krylov, "Russia's greatest fabulist,' are elegant." Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Soil to inside edge of rear cover. Illustrated in bright primary colors by Barton. Dust jacket has a 1 1/2 inch closed tear, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Nola Langner Malone. I want them. I need them. I love them. Beautiful earrings. Glorious earrings. What will a young girl do to get her ears pierced? Will she walk the dog for a year? YES! Will she clean her room every day for a year? YES! Will she be nice to her brother for a year? YES! Well, maybe for six months. Clean copy.

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.

NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Bruce Degen. The scarce first printing (all numbers starting with 1 present) of the first Jesse Bear book. Also Carlstrom's first book. Minor edgewear in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Morton Grove IL, Albert Whitman & Co , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An adaptation of the author's biography, Land of Enchantment, describes her eventful 1852 journey with her mother and brother from Kansas to California over the Santa Fe trail in a large wagon train. Lovely detailed watercolors illustrate her narrative. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Bedford, Applewood Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pop ups in very good condition. Tight 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, Clarion Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The family busily prepares for Thanksgiving and has a grand feast with visiting relatives. Illustrated in color by Watson. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barry Moser. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Color illustrations by Wendy Watson. SIGNED BY BOTH CLYDE AND WENDY WATSON on title-page. Dust jacket with rubbing, price-clipped. Minor wear on dust jacket.

Hardcover. Akron OH, Saalfield Publishing, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Green pictorial cloth hardcover with black lettering on spine and gilt and black lettering and pictorial design stamped on front cover, copyright 1924, no other dates. Illustrated by C.W. Frank and Frances Brundage, 169 pages plus ads, b&w drawings and all six color plates present. Clean copy.

Chicago, Follett, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a nice dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Sylvie Selig. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Soil and light edgewear to dust jacket. Through Elephant's greediness, Hare and his family lose the magic spoon that makes life easy for them and acquire in its place a magic stick that makes life miserable but also brings them revenge on Elephant.

Hardcover. NY, Simon $ Schuster, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by C. F. Payne. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1sr, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. "Come and enjoy the sequence of hilarious events that is set in motion when Mike holds one end of a rope for a clown at a circus. This imaginatively illustrated book is complete with tattooed man, acrobatic ladies and roaring lion." Clean copy.

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.

Hardcover. New York, Abelard-Schuman, 1st US, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Adapted by E. J. Pelgrave. Color illustrations by Fulvio Testa. Bottom corner of front flap of dust jacket clipped. Light markings to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jackey. SOGNED BY AGEE on the front fly leaf. The Copley County Animal Shelter has an aardvark, a lizard, a goose, a weasel, and plenty more. But do they have a puppy? The girl with her wagon is ready to adopt a dog--not an aardvark, lizard, or goose! Can the shelter manager help her to find her perfect pet?

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan , 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Reg Cartwright. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Young Scott Books, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. INSCRIBED BY HURD ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Color illustrations by Clement Hurd. Dust jacket shows wear with darkened paper and small tears. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead, 1st, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in black, 70 pages illustrated throughout in 2-colors by Kurt Wiese. For whatever reason, a very scarce title. The adventures of a churchmouse as he travels from town to town with his knapsack. From a summer camp library with light stamping, edgewear. Wonderful drawings by Wiese.

New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 31 pages. Color illustrations by Michael McCurdy.A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, is adopted by an ape and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.

Hardcover. New York, Jump At The Sun/Hyperion, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Non-paginated. SIGNED BY ANN GRIFALCONI AND JERRY PINKNEY ON TITLE PAGE. 1st edition/1st printing. Full color illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. A bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, color illustrations by Steig. Pete is a young boy who is in a bad mood because it's a rainy day so he decides he would like to be a pizza. His parents play along with his make-believe game until the sun comes out and "the pizza" decides it's time to go out to play with his friends.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by author. Greenwillow Library Edition sticker on dust jacket spine, otherwise clean. Dust jacket price clipped. Unpaginated.

Hardcover. Mankato, Creative Education Inc., 1st US, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Full color illustrations by Roberto Innocenti. Dust jacket shows standard wear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar and Rinehart, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated green cloth with drawing of woodchuck on front cover. B/w illustrations by Sharon Stearns. Light soil, marking to endpapers, interior clean.

NY, Pantheon, 2nd pr., 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards. Color illustrations by Cyndy Szekeres. Unpaginated. Cover has minor wear to spine edge and corners. Doctor Rabbit finds an abandoned tadpole and raises her to froghood. The cast of characters, including Nurse Mouse and others, is irresistable. The ending is bittersweet, because even orphaned tadpoles grow up one day, but this ending is one of the things that makes this such a special story for a parent to read with their still-small child.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne and Company, Reprint, 1970's, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with white cloth spine, 48 pages. Reprint. No date. Full color illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Clean, tight copy.