Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. Mineola NY, Calla/Dover Books, reprint, 2011, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, 247 pages. The "Alice" stories have always been a favorite topic for illustrators. Amongst the dozens of illustrated editions of Alice published over the years, Harry Rountree's contribution may be the most remarkable. Luxuriously illustrated with 92 watercolors, many of which are full page, with the others carefully placed with textual wraparound, this is a marvelous evocation of Carroll's madcap world. Rountree's career as an illustrator was short lived, but this, along with his Aesop's Fables, are acknowledged masterpieces. The enduring popularity of all things Alice makes this both a timely and timeless edition.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Lifflin Company, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON FRONT FLY LEAF BY AUTHOR. Color illustrations by Macaulay. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, in a lightly worn dust jacket. Ungaginated, illustrated with 2-color woodcuts by Clement Hurd.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial boards, 28 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Rounds. Later printing, from the Story Parade Picture Book series, "selected from the most popular stories that have appeared in Story Parade Magazine." How Whitey became a full edgewear. Corner and edgewear to boards, top of spine with spit to paper. Clean internally.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers stamped with black lettering. Illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings. Fine text for children on the principles of democracy. First printing with "I" on copyright page. "Review Copy" stamped on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Kenosha, WI, John Martin House , 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , Color illustrations by Kippy. A twin book. Plastic spiral-bound. Heavy paper covers. Minor wear to edges.

NY, Harmony Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 26 pages. Color illustrations by Coco Dupuy. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Phoebe's parents, who are magicians, forbid her to enter the magic room where they work, until an accident shrinks them to tiny size and they need her help in returning to normal.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 304 pages. A rousing tale of suspense, magic, and adventure, Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth and final Oz book by L. Frank Baum. It's a grand conclusion to his chronicles of America's favorite fairyland. This deluxe gift edition features all twelve of Oz artist John R. Neill's beautiful color plates, along with his nearly one hundred black-and-white pictures,

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrations by author.

Hardcover. Joliet, Volland , 2nd, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gruelle. 2 pages have tears. Small loss of paper & type, illustrated cardboard covers. Cover boards have edge wear and fraying to spine.

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY HUNECK WITH A DRAWING OF A DOG opposite the title page. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st thus, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Richard C. Jones. Introduction by Jan Morris. Afterword By Samuel J. Rogal.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by author. Alice tells her mother about her special room, where she can play with her cat who died, enjoy the warm beach in January, go sledding on a hot summer day, and do anything she has already done in the past.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original dark blue cloth with medieval style lettering and illustrated paste down to front board. All pages illustrated with "illuminated" style borders and illustrations in color and B/W. Illustrated endpapers of winged horses and children in pale blue and white. Eleven full page color illustrations, two half page color illustrations, and many B/W. 56 pages. Small name on half-title page, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Softcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Elsie Fay ventures into the deep, dark woods, meets a troll, and attempts to outsmart him. Illustrated in color by the incomparable James Marshall. Clean.

Hardcover. NY, Windmill/Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Hardcover, blue cloth covers with black lettering. Full color illustrations by Whitney Darrow, Jr. Light wear. Clean, tight copy. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Preston and his wife, Ruth, own Ellington Lodge. Preston is a checkers-playing fiend and is known around the neighborhood as the greatest checkers player in the world. When a small dog named Marley shows up at Ellington Lodge, Preston at first thinks he's harmless, and Ruth is delighted because Marley helps out with chores that Preston has no time for, due to his checkers games. Ever-helpful Marley soon seems to cast a spell over everyone at the lodge with his cooking talent, amazing storytelling, speed painting, and magic tricks. Color art by Egan. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, book is clean.

NY, Knopf, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth covers with white cloth spine. Illustrated in color by Elizabeth Black Carmer. 244 pages. Previous owner's signature front end paper, light wear, spine a bit faded. A collecton of folk tales followed by a piece of music that was inspired by the story. Name on inside front cover. Otherwise clean.

Softcover. Keene, NH, J. A. Wright & Co., 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, Full-color pictorial wrappers. Stapled binding. Thin, unpaginated pamphlet. Color illustrations by Vernon Grant, the artist who first designed Snap, Crackle and Pop for Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Tells the true story of a boy who saved a cow from a bog, and in doing so discovered a rare mineral ideal for cleaning silver.

Hardcover. Chicago, P.F. Volland Company, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Spine shows heavy wear, chipping and tearing with exposed cardboard under fabric. Light musty odor. Clean internally. Color illustrations by Rachael Robinson Elmer.

Hardcover. Boston , Godine, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by the author. Light edgewear to dust jacket.Tim is so discouraged and bored by life at home and school that he seizes a chance to join a circus, not knowing what really awaits him. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth, 32 pages illustrated in a color cartoon style by David Goldin. INSCRIBED BY GOLDIN with a sketch of the cat and himself. In this ironic tale of beauty and the beholder, an anxious owner creates a flattering portrait of his missing cat, while the pet's rescuer takes an opposing view. As the owner races around town hanging "Lost Cat" posters, exclamation points of sweat shooting off his brow, he remarks that his affectionate pet "Loves to eat./ Shares your seat./ Snuggles tight around your feet." He doesn't know the cat has taken up residence at-where else?-"Le Cafe Chat Perdu," whose proprietor is at wits' end. "Swiped my dinner./ Knocked me flat./ Someone please/ COME GET THIS CAT!" . Funny stuff. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, Revised Edition, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Adapted from the Russian by Babette Deutsch and Abrahm Yarmolinsky. Black & brown & white illustrations by Janina Domanska. Dust jacket shows minor wear and chipping.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover,no dust jacket. Light edgewear to corners, and edges. Light age soiling on text block. Vivid color illustrations by Warren Chappell. Based on the famous ballet about a remarkably lifelike doll.

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. 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. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Chipping on dust jacket. Illustrated by Kate Seredy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustration throughout. Light edgewear to dust jacket, cover boards. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Coward McCann, reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, b&w, color Illustrations by Briggs. Library binding. dust jacket edgewear, chipped.

Hardcover. New York, Bradbury Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY SCHWARTZ on title-page. Color illustrations by Schwartz. Dust jacket with light edgewear, minor chipping at top of spine.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Running Press, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Purple cloth with pictorial pastedown, green endpapers, bright and unmarked copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. A glorious, full-color collection of Mother Goose rhymes, featuring the classic Blanche Fisher Wright illustrations. 136 pages.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus. Bright, clean copy in an unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Gretchen Schields. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR. Clean, tight copy in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 7th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, B&W lithographic illustrations by Creekmore. In a bright dust jacket with $4.50 flap price.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st thus, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Adapted by Allen Chaffee, illustrated by Lois Lenski. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, dust jacket edge wear and small tears along spine edge, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Mild musty odor.

Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Cartoon illustrations by Sam Weissman. Clean copy.

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, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully (1994 Caldecott winner). Minor wear to dust jacket, mostly nice condition.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap , 1st illust. thus, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Illustrated in color, b&w by Al Brule. 105 pages.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, reprint, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 36 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Tousey. Paper covering gone from spine. Otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York , North-South, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 20 pages illustrated in color by Zwerger. SIGNED by Zwerger on title page.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author. Thin 4to, white linen, with circular pictorial label. Dj price-clipped and 10/70 on dust wrapper flap, 7 titles on the back flap. and the silver Caldecott Honor Book sticker on the front. Probable second printing as the first didn't have the sticker which was awarded in 1971.

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.

Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated with 2-color drawings by Jerry Joyner. Clean copy. Everything you need and don't need to know about mud including 'how mud acts'. Clean copy (no mud).

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Michael Foreman. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Tambourine Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover wth dust jacket. Illustrations in color by Kimberly Bulcken Root. SIGNED BY ROOT on title pg. Closed tear to front panel of dust jacket otherwise VG.

NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in blue-green cloth with maroon lettering and drawing. Three-color, b&w illustrations by Margaret Van Doren. Front fly leaf gone, light soil, small mark to covers. Otherwise very good, clean. A spirited black puppy learns to make friends with two kittens in his new home.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy boards, illustrated in color and b&w by Gertrude Elliott Espenscheid. Copyright page states 1955 but ISBN tells us it's a probable 1970s reprint. Owner's signature on iside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 80 pages. Hardcover with lightly worn dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, Aldren A. Watson, on TITLE PAGE. Cover boards show moderate rubbing and edge wear, tight binding.

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.