Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth boards with blue stamped titles and decorations. Illustrated in b&w and color by Adrienne Adams. Candy Floss has a very happy life with the carnival, helping the little dog Cocoa and a painted horse Nuts bring business into the "coconut shy" stall of their beloved Jack. This is an unusual story because Jack is a grown-up young man who cares for Nuts and Candy Floss just as much as he does for his real live dog, considering them all his "partners" and Candy Floss his "luck." It shows that some people can hear doll wishes, no matter how old they get on the outside.Then the family gets mixed up with a spoiled, unhappy little girl named Clementina Davenport. She wants to buy Candy Floss and naturally Jack will not sell her, but Clementina is not used to being refused, and she causes everyone a lot of trouble, as spoiled, unhappy people so often do. There is some wear, fraying to bottom edge of front cover, small ink date to front fly leaf, otherwise clean, very good.

New York, Philomel, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Thomas B. Allen. Unpaginated. With America at war with Germany, Littlejim's father believes that there is no time for fun despite the coming of the Christmas holidays, but Littlejim practices hard for the Bible competition, hoping to go to the church Christmas tree celebration.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 44 pages, color illustrations by de Brunhoff, translated from French by Merle Haas, very clean, tight copy, previous owner's inscription, slight edgewear to top right corners. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Color illustrations by Corinne Malvern. Appears to be 5th printing with "E" on last page. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Scholastic, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 72 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by David Shannon. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's & Sons, 1st US, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Color illustrations by Carl Larsson. Text based on artist's original text. Translated by Ernest Edwin Ryden. Dust jacket faded, price tag inside front cover.

Hardcover. Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, a story by the author of Ironweed and his son, Brendan. Illustrated in color by Glen Baxter. Through ingenuity, determination, and sheer grit, Charlie Malarkey and his friend Iggy must stop Ben Bubie and his diabolical machine from stealing belly-buttons in Albany, New York. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Allen & Unwin, 5th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 78 pages. Black & white illustrations. by Roger Garland. Small stain to back of cover.

Hardcover. New York, Antheneum Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY JERRY PINKNEY ON TITLE PAGE. Acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, quarter red cloth over pictorial boards. First Edition stated on copyright page. 88 pages; color illustrations, including endpapers by Duvoisin. A tale of brown peoples and Hindu temples, mud huts, fighting cocks and volcanoes. SIGNED BY DUVOISIN opposite title page.

Hardcover. NY, Johny Gruelle Co. , 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, B&W illust. by Gruelle. Color illustrated cardboard covers, red cloth spine. Previous owner's sticker front end paper. Otherwise very good.

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".

Softcover. Chicago, Marshall Field & Co. , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 7 1/2" square booklet, with four full-page color illustrations, and b&w line drawings illustrating nursery rhymes. Four actual handkerchiefs, 2 attached, 2 loose, all excellent condition. Rare in this condition.

Hardcover. New York , Hyperion, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 63 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrated by Brian Selznick. SIGNED BY BOTH WELLS AND SELZNICK. Tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue boards with gilt titles to front and spine, endpapers decorated with orange monotone illustrations, 4 full-color tissue-protected illustrated plates including frontispiece, 10 full page and 41 small b&w plates, all by De Bosschere. Mild soiling to covers, slight wear to cover edges and corners, previous owner's pencil inscription to front endpaper; overall a very neat, tight copy in great condition.

Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, 2nd pr., 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with small closed tears, 68 pages. Illustrated in color and b&w. Part of the Teenie Weenies series. "The Teenie Weenies is a comic strip created and illustrated by William Donahey that first appeared in 1914 in the Chicago Tribune and ran for over 50 years. Small inscription on front endpapers.

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustratrd glazed boards, no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Spier. Clean copy.In 1687, young Sietze Hemmes helps rescue a vessel foundering off the Dutch coast, and three hundred years later, another Sietze Hemmes takes part in a similar rescue, in parallel stories that explore the themes of heroism and selflessness.

Hardcover. New York, NY, G. P. Putnam and Sons, 2nd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages. Color illustrations throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ARTIST. Pictorial dust jacket with very slight wear. Overall, a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 3rd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. On a rainy afternoon, a woman shares with three restless granddaughters her "earliest memory" from her childhood in China. Adapted from Tan's The Joy Luck Club , the haunting tale that unfolds is worthy of retelling--and of repeated rereading. The narrator, Ying-ying, recalls waking up at the age of seven on the morning of the Moon Festival; it was a steamy day, and "the sun drove rays through the bamboo curtains like knives." Filled with similarly vivid images, Tan's lilting text conveys Ying-ying's contagious excitement about the festivities. These include the appearance of the Moon Lady, who can fulfill one's secret wish. Later, celebrating with her family on a "floating teahouse," Ying-ying loses her balance and falls into the lake, where she is caught in a fisherman's net. He returns her to shore, where her secret wish is granted: she is found by her family, and thus learns a lesson about which kind of wishes come true. Tan has done a superb job of distilling this incident for young readers, who will be as mesmerized by the expressive narrative as by Schields's ornately detailed paintings, ablaze with luminous color.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st , 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket.Color illustrations by Atwell. Debby Atwell does a lovely job of conveying the sweep of history. The book's two narrative threads--the histories of the United States and of six generations of Pearl's family--intertwine neatly. The pictures are a delight, and their folk art style lends a nice sense of continuity to the book.

Hardcover. New York , Four Winds Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in color by Chas B. Slackman. Small oblong volume. Light wear, rubbing to dust jacket with small closed tear to upper edge of front cover. Clean, tight copy.

NY, Seabury Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Galdone. aAclever monkey outwits a crocodile intent on catching and eating him. Book Club edition. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York , Random House, Early edition, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated in red, blue & black by Seuss. Beginner Book. No price on front flap, unclipped. Rear flap with reviews of Cat in the Hat. Back panel lists other Beginner Books, ending with: Are You My Mother? Clean, beautiful copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 118 pages, hardcover. Retold and pictured by Margaret Evans Price. Decorated blue boards with gilt titling to spine and front panel. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to boards. Light soiling/age toning to front panel. Bumping to corners, light fraying to lower fore edge corner. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf in pencil. Illustrated endpapers. Light fading and age toning to prelim pages. A tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & World, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by author. "The timelessness of childhood, its sudden friendships and short sorrows, its dreams, its laughter, its make-believe - all are delightfully and delicately pictured here in words and illustrations that reflect a small child's own world and that will bring back to his elders many happy memories. With its gentle wisdom and delicate beauty, this tiny gem will enchant readers of all ages." (description from the dust jacket). Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Philomel, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginatd. Hardcover with dust jacekt. Color illustrations by Thomas Locker. Tight copy.

NY, Philomel Books, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Poetry collected by Karen Ackerman and illustrated by Tasha Tudor. 64 pages. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st , 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 111 pages. Color, B&W illustrations by Keith Ward. Light gray cloth with bright color label illustration. clean, tight.

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering, color label on front. Color and b&w illustrations by Eulalie and Lois Lenski. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. In this playful story inspired by the impossible buildings of the artist M. C. Escher, Mauk's master is building a grand Palazzo. When something strange and wonderful happens, Mauk is catapulted into a topsy-turvy world. The author draws us into an astounding world where the reader turns Mauk on his head and sends him all the way back to his story's beginning in a dazzling endless loop.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Untie the ribbon of this stunning book to unfold a decorative panorama of animals preparing to celebrate Christmas. Tiny windows scattered throughout a decorative gift book, reminiscent of an advent calendar, hide the surprises awaiting young readers on Christmas, while the pages show friendly forest animals decking the halls and a rhyming text describes the magical celebration. Clean copy.

Hardcover. US, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, tight copy. A young boy named Bobby has the worst teacher. She's loud, she yells, and if you throw paper airplanes, she won't allow you to enjoy recess. She is a monster! Luckily, Bobby can go to his favorite spot in the park on weekends to play. Until one day... he finds his teacher there! Over the course of one day, Bobby learns that monsters are not always what they seem. Each page is filled with "monstrous" details that will have kids reading the story again and again. Peter Brown takes a universal and timeless theme, and adds his own humorous spin to create another winner of a picture book.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. First edition of Dahl's rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. The author wrote The Gremlins, a children's story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore. Disney expressed an interest in making it into an animated film. The author went to California to work on a screenplay that never made it into production. The book was produced from preliminary work done by the Disney artists. A nice copy with light rubbing to covers, mild foxing, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Natick MA, Picture Book Studio, 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 68 pages illustrated in color by Zwerger.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Juvenile, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 318 pages, illustrated throughout by Bemelmans. Very clean and tight copy. Includes Madeline; Madeline and the Bad Hat; Madeline's Rescue; Madeline and the Gypsies; Madeline in London; Madeline's Christmas, and The Isle of God (or Madeline's Origin.)

Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 30 pages illustrated in color by Biesty. The year is 1230 B.C., during the reign of Ramses the Great in ancient Egypt. Follow the thirty-day voyage of the eleven-year-old Dedia and his father as they sail down the Nile River.Travel along with father and son as they visit the bustling harbor at Elephantine; the massive stone quarry at Gebel el-Silsila; the temples at Karnak; underground tombs in The Valley of the Kings; a funeral and mummification; the step pyramid at Saqqara; and Ramses' lavish palace at Piramesse.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Animals gently angle to have a new baby named after themselves in this sweet picture book by Lizi Boyd, whose previous work was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. "A name is a sound that follows you around. I'm listening for one," says Mother Mouse. Holding her new baby close, she fields suggestions from Sadie Snail, Kiki Cat, Merle Squirrel, and a host of other animals (many of whom would like to see the new baby named after themselves!). One by one, the animals suggest names for baby that would personally honor themselves. Lyrical text filled with wordplay will charm soon-to-be parents and soon-to-be older siblings alike. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dial, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY BOTH WELLS AND JEFFERS. This lyrical story brilliantly evokes a family's life and times in the years before World War II. Two brothers--Berty, who thinks there's no place like home, and Luke, who wants to travel the world--come of age in an America that will never be seen again. Full color.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 48 pages illustrated in colors by Leonard Weisgard. Ex-lib but internally clean with light residue and markings to endpapers.

Hardcover. New York , G. P. Putnam and Sons, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Kalman and SIGNED BY KALMAN. This is the inspiring true story of the John J. Harvey--a retired New York City fireboat reinstated on September 11, 2001. Originally launched in 1931, the Harvey was the most powerful fireboat of her time. After the September 11 attacks, with fire hydrants at Ground Zero inoperable and the Hudson River's water supply critical to fighting the blaze, the fire department called on the Harvey for help. There were adjustments--forcing water into hoses by jamming soda bottles and wood into nozzles with a sledgehammer--and then the fireboat's volunteer crew pumped much-needed water to the disaster site. The John J. Harvey proved she was still one of New York's Bravest!Maira Kalman brings a New York City icon to life, celebrating the energy, vitality and hope of a place and its people.

Hardcover. Minneapolis, Lerner Publications, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, 32 pages illustrated in 2-colors by the author. How a small boy climbs the tallest tree and has to be rescued. Name stamped on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Light edgewear to covers.

Hardcover. Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated by Schwartz and SIGNED by her on title page. On her way to market Jenna makes four new friends. Along with Baby Elephant, there's Robin, who thinks Jenna has a very silly beak; Fly, who wonders where her hundred eyes are; and Goldfish, who thinks she has very goofy gills. Kirkus has written that "the power and grace in Schwartz's spare style and language lies in the fact that she never condescends to young readers-she just compares notes." Here she once again completely and convincingly captures the world of a child in a beautiful and winning picture book about . . . a beautiful girl.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oversize glossy pictorial boards with gray cloth spine. A lovely reprint of this Babar title, first published in 1938. Bright, clean copy, no dust jacket. One of Jean de Brunhoff's five original Babar stories, Babar and His Children tells how the royal elephant and Queen Celeste await the birth of their first child... and discover to their surprise that they have three! The loyal townsfolk bring gifts, and the babies are named before being weighed by wise Dr. Capoulosse (he of the stern expression and pince-nez). Then it's time for young Flora, Pom, and Alexander to get into a series of scrapes and be saved by the bravery and good sense of either their parents or other animals.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Marshall's zany humor with Sendak's color illustrations. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY SENDAK on copyright page.

Hardcover. NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 3rd pr., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Based on a new translation by Aliana Brodmann. Measures approximately 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Dust jacket has minor edge wear. Beautiful color plates by Gennady Spirin. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by New Yorker cartoonist George Booth. The other hens in Farmer Brown's Tennessee henhouse think that Starlight LaPoule - (hush! Her real name is Ethel Fae Klucksworth) - is short a few feathers. They may be right. For Starlight is a chicken with a ridiculous dream. She wants to become a high-fashion model in Paris or Milan. And with the surprise help of her very own chicken fairy godmother, anything is possible. Or is it? 

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in bright dust jacket with a short repaired tear. Color illustrations by Winter. As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something and starts by planting nine seedlings in her own backyard. And as they grow, so do her plans. . . . This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change. Stiker on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY KALMAN. From bestselling author Lemony Snicket and celebrated illustrator Maira Kalman comes an uproarious, whimsical word book like no other. Together, Snicket and Kalman present a strikingly beautiful journey woven from a practical introduction to thirteen wonderful words, featuring such marvels as Bird, Dog, Panache, and Haberdashery. Snicket, the notoriously clever and elusive New York Times bestselling author, pushes the boundaries of storytelling in the most fanciful of ways. Maira Kalman, renowned for her art and design, carries this madcap adventure to wondrous heights with her vision of a world populated with hats, song, and cake. This rollicking, surprising book is a true celebration of words.

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. The story of an industrious little boy who listens to too many peoples' advice! Set in Ireland. Color and 2-color illustrations throughout by Ervine Metzl. Dj price blacked out, mild soil to rear of jacket otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York , HarperCollins, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. From Caldecott Medalist Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) comes another brand-new collection of rhyming stories-this time featuring a unique assortment of owls and pigs. Discovered by his daughter, Adrianne Lobel, Odd Owls and Stout Pigs: A Book of Nonsense is full of the same humor and wit that is found in Lobel's beloved Frog and Toad stories. This new collection will tickle kids once more and create another generation of Arnold Lobel devotees.