Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. London, Dorling Kindersley, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 95 pages, hardcover with an unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated technological narrative. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, McLoughlin Brothers, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial beige cloth. Color lithograph frontis of Santa peeking at sleeping toddler. Approx. 150 pages with b&w line illustrations. Each page with a red decorative border. Front fly leaf present but loose, pencil name and date (1905) on a blank prelim page. Otherwise clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated in color by Watson. INSCRIBED BY WATSON. A collection of colorful illustrations, simple text, riddles, a scary tale and rhymes shows children how to celebrate this popular holiday--from costume parade, to Halloween party, to trick or treat.

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st US, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price- clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by John Shelley. All the kids at school have amazing things--from a rabbit munching lettuce in a box, to a birthday cake hidden inside a desk--but no one can match Bobby Bell and the extraordinary surprise in his wardrobe.

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. A visual tribute to what the wind takes away illustrated in color by Ati Forberg. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 102 pages. First printing of the Sendak edition, published after Sendak designed the costumes and sets for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of the NUTCRACKER, an excellent, sharp copy. 9.75'' x 10''. Original black blind-stamped cloth, silver-lettered spine and front board. SIGNED BY SENDAK on half-title page.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, color illustrations by Lionni. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition. Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it's Frederick's stories that warm the hearts and spirits of his fellow field mice. Winner of a 1967 Caldecott Honor. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Orchard Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY BOTH author and illustrator with a sketch by Ajhar. Can Edith the tooth fairy help Bernice the godmother of all fairies find her magical powers again, or is Bernice doomed to live out the rest of her fairy life wand-less? "If yours truly, Edith Molarnari, tooth fairy second class, hadn't seen it with my own two peepers, I wouldn't have believed it myself --- Bernice Sparklestein, once the best fairy godmother in the biz, having a bad wand day. A very bad wand day." Margie Palatini's heartwarmingly hilarious story about helping friends and finding your place in life along the way, and Brian Ajhar's beautifully fun illustrations will have both children and adults giggling out loud.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with light blue lettering. 72 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Oscar Fabres who also decorated the endpapers. Spine cloth faded, interior clean.

Hardcover. NY, Crown, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 102 pages. An early printing of the Sendak edition, published after Sendak designed the costumes and sets for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of the NUTCRACKER, an excellent, sharp copy. 9.75'' x 10''. Original black blind-stamped cloth, silver-lettered spine and front board. SIGNED BY SENDAK on half-title page.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Co, 8th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket. Winner of the Caldecott Medal, (with printed image of medal on dj) an ALA Notable Children's Book, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Peter Spier's Noah's Ark has been the iconic edition of this tale for over 40 years, in print continuously since its debut in 1977. In Spier's imaginative retelling, readers witness the danger and the grandeur of the terrifying flood but also the lighter moments: Noah's wife jumping on a crate to avoid the rats; Noah shooing all but two bees from a busy hive; and all the animal babies being born in the spring. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Yaccarino.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, color illustrations by Gwen Millward. What may appear to be an abandoned garden is actually home to an unusual array of insects. Meet a ladybug who prefers making mud angels to acting like a lady, a roly-poly bug who loves to roll ("wa-hoo!"), a cricket who dreams of grand adventures, and a whole neighborhood of bugs gazing up at a fireworks show of flowers bursting into bloom. These inviting vignettes are sure to have readers seeing bugs in a whole new light. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New Milford CT, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Schwartz. This amusing picture book features Darlene, a relatively svelte hippo, and a cast of other dressed animals in three connected stories. With stars in her eyes, Darlene signs up for theater class and lands a role as "the Flood" in Noah's ark. On opening night she enters, entangles her feet in her long gown, and missing her target, flings a basin of water onto the critic in the first row. His review? "?a drenching, yet refreshing experience. Miss Darlene's performance was especially exciting." Two more plays follow, a science fiction drama in which Darlene flubs her lines, and Sleeping Beauty, which finds the hippo falling asleep onstage. The critic raves "A STAR IS BORN," and the story ends with Darlene's contented smile. Brightened with delicate washes, the fine, clean ink drawings create a series of charming, often droll scenes.

Hardcover. NY, New York Review Children's Collection, reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. 72 pages illustrated in color by the author. A reissue of a title first published in 1934. Peewee the dog didn't know any tricks, not even a single one not even how to roll over not even how to shake hands but never mind he is so teeny weeny that everyone loves him, the clown, the fat lady, the thin man, the strong baby, the acrobats, the elephant, the goat on the burning bed, and all the other amazing performers in the wonderful circus of the man with the quite tall red hat. But then something unexpected happens that threatens to bring Peewee s place under the Big Top to an end. Now Open the Box is a beautiful example of the art of Dorothy Kunhardt, the author of the timeless classic Pat the Bunny and the pioneering picture book Junket Is Nice. Here Kunhardt speaks with wonderfully reassuring directness to children s hopes and fears while making magic out of the simplest things. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Dutton Juvenile, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Robert Byrd and SIGNED BY KROLL. The ancient Romans used the word barbarian to describe people who were coarse, rude, or even just foreign. Over time the word has also come to connote bloodthirsty cruelty. But were the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols as barbaric as we?ve been led to believe? In dynamic, detailed spreads that young readers will pore over, bestselling author Steven Kroll and illustrator Robert Byrd explore how these nomadic warriors lived, worshipped, and celebrated. Their wandering armies brought together Europe and Asia through trade and conquest and, in doing so, changed the world forever.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. While Ol' Jake is thinking about how rich he is going to be after he catches and sells a hare he is stalking, the hare runs away into the forest. A Russian fable illustrated with lovely watercolors by Ivanov. Library binding but NOT ex-lib.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Innovative color illustrations explaining the concept of weight and measurement. 32 pages.

Hardcover. NY, Dover Publications, reprint, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 48 pages illustrated in color by Gorey. A new approach to the ancient fables of Aesop features charming rhymes and winsome images by a beloved illustrator. Artist Edward Gorey sets the scenes for poet Ennis Rees's modern interpretation of Aesop's verses, which recount how animals with all-too-human failings receive their just desserts. Memorable renderings of familiar and lesser-known vignettes include the fable of the industrious ant, who prepares for the hardships of the coming winter, and the feckless grasshopper, whose laziness proves fatal. A mighty lion is amused at the notion of a tiny mouse coming to his rescue, a naive young crustacean admires the bright red shell of a boiled lobster, and a swarm of flies are undone by their attraction to a pool of spilled honey. These and other timeless tales provide humorous insights into the folly of greed and vanity and the rewards of virtuous behavior. Originally published in 1971 by Young Scott.

Hardcover. New York, Beach Lane Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Leo & Diane Dillon. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, William Scott, 1st, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong pictorial boards, b&w illustrations by John Fischetti. Light wear, chipping to cover edges. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Wellington NZ , Gecko Press , reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Leo Timmers throughout. Illustrated title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Checkerboard Press, reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, no dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated in color by Tasha Tudor. A book of inspirational quotes- Thoreau, Hugo, Emerson, Whitman, Shakespeare, etc.

Hardcover. New York, HMH Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color drawings throughout.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1899, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Full-page color frontispiece with five full-page color plates and numerous black-and-white line illustrations throughout. [19] leaves, printed recto only. Cloth spine gone leaving both covers detached, covers edgeworn, especially corners. Interior of book sound, clean with bright plates.

Hardcover. San Francisco CA, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ON TITLE PAGE. 104 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Full page color illustrations by Shawn Harris. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Hastings House, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with black stamping. 24 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Cooney. Copyright page says 1964 but ISBN number indicates a reprint. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Agee. An early and scarce title by Agee. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover otherwise clean. Dust jacket with wear, closed tears.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, After her grandfather's death, eight-year-old Sophia fulfills his last request and journeys to Greece with her mother to see the land where her roots are. Color art by Karen Barbour.

Hardcover. New York , Hyperion, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 65 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY FEIFFER on title-page. B&W illustrations by Feiffer. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated in color and two-colors by Antony Groves-Raines. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Light soil on front, with corners worn. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrations by Watson.

Hardcover. Prague, Brown and Watson / Artia, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. 10" x 8", 6 double page pop-ups of scenes telling the story of Puss-in-Boots. All 6 pop-ups seem to be working & sharp; illustrated with Kubasta cover; ; Treasure Hour Pop-Up Book. Clean copy. NOTE: The scarce original Prague edition in 1960 had 8 pop-ups.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Steven Kellogg and SIGNED WITH A SMALL SKETCH BY KELLOGG on the front end paper. Light edgewear on dust jacket.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Albert Whitman & Co., 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with a paste-down cover illustration, 127 pages illustrated with 2-color drawings by Hazel Fraser. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean and bright copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, John C. Winston Company, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. SIGNED BY MAUD AND MISKA PETERSHAM ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Full color and black & white illustrations. Light wear to blue cloth covers. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Joan Sandin. Every day is the same for Pablo's father. Then one afternoon the ground growls, hisses smoke, and swallows up his plow. A volcano is erupting in the middle of his cornfield! The story is based on reports of the eruption of Paricutin volcano on Feb. 29, 1943. It came up in the Mexican state of Michoacan, in the cornfiled of a Tarascan Indian Named Dionisio Pulido. No one was killed, but more that 2000 people are said to have lost their homes. An I Can Read History Book. Light stamp on rear endpaper, otherwise a bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by the Dillons. SIGNED BY THE DILLONS on title page.This gorgeous picture book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African American families. Set in West Africa, this a lyrical story-in-verse is about a young black boy who is kidnapped and sold into slavery, and his father who is left behind to mourn the loss of his son. Here's a beautiful, powerful, truly unforgettable story about family, memory, and freedom.

Hardcover. NY, Neal Porter/Holiday House, 1st, 2019, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by the author. It can be a little scary to be small in a big city, but this child has some good advice for a very special friend in need.Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award for Writer! A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book of the Year. The first book both written and illustrated by award-winning artist Sydney Smith spins a quiet, contemplative tale about seeing a big world through little eyes. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Lothian Books , 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Tan.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in lightly worn pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in color by Lopshire. A tale of two competitive lizards trying to outdo each other. An I CAN READ Book. Clean, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages, illustrated in color by Bryan Collier and SIGNED BY COLLIER.

Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 20 pages illustrated in color by Ruth Wood. Wonder Books #550, 39 cents. This lovely vintage children's book circa 1950 tells the story of an old school bus named Busby driven by Joe the driver and his many adventures. Ownership page with name, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Radunsky. Based on a Belgian legend, a boy who is separated from his parents shows his dislike for the raging war by doing his business right on the battle, thus causing both sides to stop fighting, have a laugh and, in the end, make peace with one another.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 180 pages. Hardcover with a bright dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz was the fourth Oz adventure. First published in 1908, it has captured the imaginations of young readers and listeners for four generations. This deluxe gift edition faithfully reproduces the rare first edition, including all sixteen color plates and all fifty black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill, as well as the original colorful endpapers. 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. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Illustrated by Mary Azarian. The journey begins for a young immigrant named Miss Bridie. It is a journey of hope and uncertainty, a journey that will take her to a new land, a new home, and--if she has chosen wisely--a good life. With elegant woodcuts, Caldecott medalist Mary Azarian brings to life Leslie Connor's spare story of a life rich with blessings, yet not without challenges. Here is a lyrical tribute to the millions of immigrants who left their homes to begin anew in America--and an enchanting look at how one woman carves out a life with the help of a common shovel.

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.