Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman and Company, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with pictorial label on front cover. 13 full page plates by James Cannon. Horses depicted include The Hunter, Sheltand Pony, Cowboy and Pinto, American Saddle Horse and Policeman; Circus Horse and Bareback rider.
Hardcover. New York , Atheneum, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 40 pages illustrated in color by Bagram Ibatoulline.
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. New York, Schwartz & Wade, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Sophie Blackall throughout. Includes appendix with recipe. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history.
Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. What happens to the denizens of the tidal zone when the sea recedes every 12 hours? This is the question that Hodgkins answers in a playful yet instructive way. Children are introduced to crabs, sea urchins, mussels, sea worms, starfish, lobsters, periwinkles, and other creatures that must adapt to constantly changing conditions. Color illustrations by Jim Sollers.
Hardcover. New York, New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Seymour Chwast throughout. Includes pancake recipe. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne and Co, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. 76 pages, seven color plates & numerous b/w illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. No date, probably 1950s. Small ownership stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with color illustrations by Javaka Steptoe and SIGNED by her.
Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 8th pr., 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Moses. It is a silent, snowy December night. Shopkeepers and country folk in the tiny Vermont village are hurrying everywhere, lighting candles, wrapping gifts, baking pies--getting ready. But for what? For Christmas Eve? Or is there more? The Miller family knows there is! Pa and the boys, little Andy and Jamie, rush to the train station through the blizzardy twilight to pick up Grandma Stokes. Old Paul, the hired hand, rides to get Doc Herrick. Mama's quilty friend Tinker won't leave her side. They all know something truly wonderful is going to happen this Christmas Eve, snow or no snow, right here at Miller farm.In his unmistakable style, world renowned folk artist Will Moses brings Christmas to a Vermont village in an original story that the entire family--boys and girls, mothers and fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles - can share by their own candlelight year after year.
Hardcover. New York, Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with minor wear to dust jacket edges. Color illustrations throughout by Brian Floca.
Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Known for her luminescent art, Barbara Helen Berger brings beauty and power to this memorable parable from Tibet. A young boy and his yak bravely overcome all odds to get to Lhasa, giving a wise and simple message that will inspire children of any age to dream and reach for a shining goal that may seem "very far." Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 2nd pr., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped, with moderate amounts of wear and tearing, now covered in plastic. Lithograph illustrations. Cover boards show minimal wear, light rubbing. Caldecott medal sticker on front of dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Silver,Burdett and Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated cloth, 160 pages plus vocabulary. Illustrated in color and b&w by Constance Whittemore. Children's reader to introduce children to Germany through a trip with Karl and Gretel. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1st, 1931, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 59 pages. Hardcover with chipped pictorial boards. Previous owner's scribbled markings on a few pages, end papers. Pages 39-42 have chunk torn from pages on bottom about an inch wide.
Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Dawn Peterson. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ALDREN WATSON ON TITLE PAGE. Cover boards show moderate edgewear/soil, and corners lightly frayed/soiled. EX-LIBRARY with usually stamps and adhesive residue. Rear end paper has paper pasted in for due dates.
Hardcover. Boston, William Guild, 1st, 1850, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gilt lettering and decorations on front and back cover. 84 pages, b&w illustrations, cloth spine missing. Short pieces on various subjects: The Poultry Yard, Ruth the Gleaner, The Squirrel, My Grandmother, etc. Each decorated with wood engravings and a decorative border treatment. Introduction by Forrester who published a monthly magazine for children. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books, 2nd, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED WITH SKETCH BY ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to cover boards.
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.
Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st thus, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color photos by Cindy Sherman. Light edgewear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Penguin Young Readers, 1st, 2020, Hardcover, pictorial glazed board book with Interactive elements makes this board book ideal for little hands. Who is in the forest where it's bright and sunny? Busy, buzzing bees making tasty honey! Play hide-and-seek with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this fantastic finger trail lift-the-flap book. With a gentle rhyming narrative and an introduction to woodland friends, this book is perfect for little explorers.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Seymour Chwast celebrates the daily routine of getting dressed in this fittingly whimsical and satisfyingly unique novelty book. Unlike more traditional books on this topic that deal with the how of getting dressed, Get Dressed! instead tackles the why. The text "Get dressed to read about dragons" accompanies an illustration of a boy dressed in a makeshift knight costume. A girl in full floral garb stands in a garden alongside the text "Get dressed to hide." The book features half and full gatefolds, which foreshadow the items of clothing to be seen and provide surprise reveals on each spread. With a die-cut magnetic closure, even the cover invites readers to peek inside!
Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. 20 pages illustrated in color. Casper, the Friendly Ghost and Wendy, the Good Little Witch starred in animated cartoons in the 1950s. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, reprint, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, A lonely wild horse runs away to find love from children on a merry-go-round. Illustrated in color by Hoff. Clean copy.
Softcover. Los Angeles, Price Stern Sloan, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages. Color illustrations by author. The comic misadventures of a group of cats at summer camp.
Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 304 pages. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum is the 7th novel set in the Land of Oz. Characters include the Woozy, Ojo "the Unlucky", Unc Nunkie, Dr. Pipt, Scraps (the patchwork girl), and others. The book was first published on July 1, 1913, with illustrations by John R. Neill, all wonderfully reproduced in this facsimile edition. Afterword by Peter Glassman.
Hardcover. NY, Walker & Co., 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Virginia's famous father, Galileo, sleeps during the day and studies the sky at night. While he is sleeping, Virginia discovers a box on his desk with five objects inside - four pieces of glass and a feather - that reveal the world to her in new and wonderful ways.Using the rich colors and lush textures of the Renaissance, Catherine Brighton recreates Galileo's world. This child's-eye-view gives young readers an enchanting introduction to the accomplishments of Galileo, and delightfully celebrates the magic of science.An introduction by Dava Sobel, author of the best-selling adult book Galileo's Daughter, further illuminates the life experience of Galileo's daughter, Virginia. Clean copy.
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. San Diego/NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. In simple words and radiant collages, Debra Frasier celebrates the earth and extends an exuberant welcome to each member of our human family. Travel across our round planet as the moon pulls, the tides rise, the rain falls, and then a baby is born.
Hardcover. New York, Century Co, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 246 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrations by Cox throughout. Large Brownie embellished letters at begining of each chapter. Page 167 corner tip chip. Green cloth with color label of frolicking Brownies centered on front cover. Titles on front cover and spine printed in blue. Minor wear. Ligth soil on covers. Previous owner's writing on piliminary page. Gutter cracked in multiple places, but still intact.
Hardcover. NY, Orchard Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 32 pages with gorgeous detailed color art by Halperin. A grandmother tells her grandchild their family history, from the time that their house was built to the time that the grandchild's parents added on a nursery. Inscription on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York, Hyperion Books for Children, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non=paginated. Hardcover with clear plastic dust jacket. SIGNED BY CHRIS RASCHKA on title page. Clean, tight, signed copy.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Sir Cedric's vacation in Jerusalem with his family and servants is interrupted when his wife, Lady Matilda, and daughter, Edwina the Fair, are kidnapped by evil Abdul the Heavy. Color illustrations by Gerrard. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by de Brunhoff. Clean, tight copy with moderate wear to cover boards.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 96 pages illustrated in b&w by Lobel. Introduces various aspects of Indian life through such handicraft projects as masks, corn-husk dolls, and a tepee. Ex-lib with light stamping, residue to rear inside cover, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York , Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Amy Schwartz. First Edition.
Hardcover. Middletown CT, Xerox Education Publications, BC Ed., 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, color illustrations by the author. Sloth plans a birthday party but is afraid no one will come because they don't like his messy house. Clean copy. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Macrae Smith Company, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 265 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Moderate soil to red cover boards with faded gilt decoration on front and spine. Front hinge starting to crack and tear. Fragile. Previous owner's bookplate pasted on front end paper. Illustrated by Grace Norcross and Albert W. Force.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, color illustrations by Keats. Children's Book Club Edition. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 185 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY FEIFFER on front end paper. Tight copy.
Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing Company, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 28 pages with color art by the Warner Bros. Studio. Mild edgewear.
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. New York, Callaway, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated, beautiful, bold, full-page color illustrations by Roberts printed on stiff paper, rhyming alphabetical poems. Very slight rubbing to dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked, spine tight and stiff; a gorgeous book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. Boston, L.C. Page, rep, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 271 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A Book of animal life in the Guiana Wilds, 59 plates by Bull. Dj with wear, chunks missing from top and bottom spine, front bottom, and rear bottom. Gutter cracked in several spots.
Hardcover. Chicago, M.A. Donohue, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Gruelle. Originally published by Volland in 1917. In a bright color dust jacket with minor edgewear , closed tears.
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.
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