Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, reprint, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with decorated cover, 284 pages. Black & white illustrations by C. W. Ashley. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. Corners and spine rubbed.

Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. 3-color illustrations by Barrett throughout. Dust jacket with light edgewear.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket shows very minor wear otherwise clean and nice. Color illustrations by Whitney Darrow, Jr. Hardbound.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations and SIGNED BY YACCARINO on title page with a small sketch.

Hardcover. New York, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Hardcover no dust jacket. Color illustrations. When a school girl gets separated from her tour of the White House, and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself. Illustrations by Lane Smith. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. London, Collins, 1st , 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 253 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Dust jacket with chipping, but bright. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 3rd pr., 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, SIGNED BY DAY on the front fly leaf in her formal cursive style. No dust jacket issued. Join beloved babysitting Rottweiler Carl in author/artist Alexandra Day's perfectly joyous holiday children's picture book, Carl's Christmas . After helping baby decorate the family tree, Carl and his charge share an adventure-filled Christmas Eve complete with window shopping, giving to the needy, and a visit with Santa Claus. Like new.

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.

New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, SIGNED BY COONEY on bookplate on front fly leaf. Color illustrations by the author.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by the author. Dust jacket with light edgewear. As the irrepressible Simpkin goes from warm to chilly, from sensible to silly, young readers can only be sure that he is up to no good..

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Inc., 1st, 2007, Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: Fine, SIGNED BY DIANE GOODE ON TITLE PAGE. Green boards with embossed graphic of alligator to front, white glossy dust jacket with color illustration, lovely full page color illustrations by Diane Goode. No wear to book or dust jacket; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. 'An I CAN READ BOOK'. Features full color illustrations by Mamoru Funai. Stated first edition. Price clipped dust jacket shows light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by James Stevenson. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY PHILIP AND ERIN STEAD ON TITLE PAGE. 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor dust jacket wear. Illustrated by Erin Stead. Tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Holiday House, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR on front flyleaf. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Slight bowing to front panel. Minor rubbing and chipping to dust jacket. Light age toning to text block. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. A clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st US, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Burningham. Dust jacket, very clean and tight copy. With a few words and clear, spacious line-and-watercolor pictures, award-winning British author-artist Burningham expresses a small child's rebellion against overwhelming grown-ups. Edwardo is sometimes a little untidy, cruel, clumsy, noisy, and rude. But when adults overreact and tell him he is the roughest and nastiest of boys, he becomes much, much worse. Then one day, completely by accident, he starts to make good things happen, and everyone loves him.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Books, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards, 28 pages illustrated in color by Leonard Weisgard. A lovely reprint of the 1953 first printing.

Hardcover. New York, Wonder Books, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Tight copy. Illustrations by Irv Gershen.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover illustrated in color by the award-winning artist.SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Book Club Associates, reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 24 pages, illustrated in color by Holden. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1975, Hardcover, glazed pictorial boards, 61 pages. Color illustrations by Susan Perl. An educational book created from a series of award-winning magazine ads created by Health-Tex clothes for children that ran in the 1960s and 70s. Answers a variety of questions such as "What are freckles?", "Why am I ticklish?", and "How many countries are there?" Small sticker residue otherwise clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Translated from the Russian by Whitney. Color illustrations by Nonny Hogrogian. Minor wear to dust jacket, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow, 1st, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 46 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Tracy Sugarman. Rear hinge cracked. Chipping to edge of front endpaper. Dust jacket with soiling, edgewear, chipping, spine fade. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Scarsdale NY, Bradbury Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth stamped in black. Folklore about a Japanese farmer who digs up a huge imo (yam). Ed Young style pencil drawings by Japanese artist Mitsu Yashima. No dust jacket. Clean copy.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped jacket. Color illustrations by Say and SIGNED BY SAY WITH A THUMBNAIL SKETCH on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, Revised Ed., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY JEFFERS on the title page. Ever since it was published in 1978, the picture-book presentation of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" has been an enduring favorite. For this special edition with a new design, trim size, and three new spreads, Susan Jeffers has added more detail and subtle color to her sweeping backgrounds of frosty New England scenes. There are more animals to find among the trees, and the kindly figure with his "promises to keep" exudes warmth as he stops to appreciate the quiet delights of winter. The handsome new vellum jacket will attract new and old fans as it evokes a frost-covered windowpane. This celebration of a season makes an ideal holiday gift for a child, a teacher, or a host. Robert Frost (1874-1963) is one of America's most celebrated poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, oblong format, color illustrations by Steven Kellogg. Energetic full-page pictures depict the old standard, written by Edward Bangs, who was a Minuteman at Lexington during his sophomore year at Harvard the year (1775) he adapted the song. Mild musty odor. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Vermont folk art artist, Warren Kimble. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages. An exuberant introduction to the wonders of our country shows Izzy and her little sister Jo rowing down the Mississippi, eating pies at the Kentucky State Fair, marveling at Niagara Falls and the California sequoias, and much more.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 352 pages. In this 1917 addition to the Oz series, L. Frank Baum delights readers of all ages with a spellbinding mystery that involves nearly every one of the amazing cast of characters that populate America's favorite fairyland. This handsome new edition--featuring all twelve of Oz artist John R. Neill's beautiful color plates and nearly one hundred black-and-white drawings--is the perfect way to join Dorothy and her friends on this exciting journey through the endlessly intriguing Land of Oz. Afterword by Peter Glassman.

Hardcover. Shawnee Mission KS, Autism Asperger Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 37 pages, illustrated in color. Like new in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st thus, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Black cloth over boards, with gilt lettering on spine; black lettering and a full-color illustration on paper label on the front cover. No date listed on title page; copyright page dated 1927. 397 pages. First edition thus, with Wyeth's illustrations: a color-illustrated title-page, nine color plates, and color-illustrated endpapers. Tan dust jacket with black lettering on the spine and front cover, rear panel chipped. Color illustration paste-down on the front panel has minor spotting.

Hardcover. Chicago, Haymarket Books, 1st US, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Two-color illustrations by Laura Barrett. Greta lives with her brother Hansel on the edge of a great forest - a forest in danger of destruction. GreedyGuts, their aunt, doesn't appreciate Hansel and Greta's plans to replant trees and save the forest. In fact, she thinks they're horrible little vegetarians. GreedyGuts doesn't give two hoots about nature. She favors luxury and living it up: eating, shopping and partying hard and so she hatches a plan to get rid of the meddling, do-gooder kids deep in the woods. With her trademark subversive and comic eye, Jeanette Winterson retells the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel.

Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 111 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Barry Moser throughout. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1951, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 28 pages illustrated in color. Story starring the MGM animation stars. Light wear to cover corners, spine. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Very clean and tight copy. Babar, King of the Elephants, receives an invitation to meet with the President of the United States- the perfect excuse for a family vacation! None of the elephants have been to America before, so Babar packs up his family and sets off to see the sights. From the hustle and bustle of New York to the wide open spaces of the Grand Canyon, from riding streetcars in San Francisco to fishing on Lake Michigan, Babar and his family experience America in all its glory and splendor.

Hardcover. Chicago, Volland, 19th pr., 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards are good with missing paper on spine and loose hinge. Internally very good. Previous owner's name on half title page. Color illustrations by Gruelle.

Hardcover. Boston , Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. B&W woodcut illustration by Michael McCurdy. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Bedford MA, Applewood Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. 22 pages, pictorial boards. 3 pop-up pictures help illustrated the story of "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship". Reprint of the 1935 edition with artwork by Dick Calkins who did the original comic strip. Clean, like new.

Hardcover. Akron OH, Saalfield Publishing, 1st, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Short stories about the every day activities of little girls, with eight vibrant full-page color illustrations by Peat. Unmarked.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, First Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. White cloth boards with bright Tibetan illustration to cover by Peter Sis. Translucent vellum dust jacket. Full page, full color illustrations throughout. Bright, clean & unmarked copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Front of dust jacket is cut out and glued onto title-page. Nicely done. Blue cloth covers with mild shelf wear. Translated from Russian by Tatiana Balkoff Drowne. Nice color illustrations by Vera Bock. No markings.

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 89 pages. Illustrated by Zhenya Gay. Light soiling to contents page. Previous owner's signature front endpaper. Stain to bottom corner of cover. Corners bumped. Dust jacket with chipping, creases. Small chunks missing top & bottom of spine. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on half-title page with illustrations throughout. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barry Blitt. A fresh approach to fractured fairy tales: take one small child's insatiable demand for Just one more story and add a sleepy parent's wish to get the bedtime ritual over with as quickly as possible. The result is this collection of eight condensed folktales. For example, Goldilocks and the Bears begins, There were some bears;/It doesn't really matter how many./There was a bunch./Let's get to the point: and ends, When the bears came back,/They found her asleep./She woke up, screamed, and ran home/So she could sleep in her own bed./Just like you. A few nursery rhymes (Hickory, dickory, dock,/A mouse ran up the clock./The clock struck eight./Oh, my, it's late!/So the mouse went straight to bed) and jokes round out the book. Blitt's ink-and-watercolor illustrations are amusing, with fine lines and soothing colors underscoring the comedy in the characters and situations. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, tight copy.Trucks of different shapes and sizes share one important purpose in this classic picture book from the bestselling creator of Moonshot and Locomotive.

Hardcover. New York, Rand McNally & Company and Phillips Publishers, Inc. , 1st Edition, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover with decorated gift box (some light wear--see image). Some slight tanning to pages, but still quite bright. Color illustrations throughout. Also included is directions insert (see image). Decorative cover boards, back cover board has two small holes (see image), otherwise in good shape. Novelty childrens book from mid-19th Century.

Hardcover. New York, Collins, 1st, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's markings on page 9. Dust jacket has moderate soil and fading. Cover boards clean. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Burningham. Dust jacket price clipped. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Raphael Tuck, na, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 96 pages, illustrated with 23 chromolithographs by E.M. and M.F. Taylor. Tan boards with a color label on front cover, green cloth spine. Text and illustrations printed on one side only. Previous owner's inscription on preliminary blank page dated 1909. Light edgewear to covers otherwise very good.