Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 194 pages. Hardcover, no dust jacket. B&W Illustrations by Reginald Birch & Charles Copeland. Slight slant to spine o/w bright, clean copy w/ elaborate gilt decorated covers.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1998, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Meet Walter.And better yet, turn the pages and --meet his staff. The Gum Guy, who archives his chewed-up gum. His Homework Helper who does...well, you know. A complete Dream Team, to do his sleeping for him...And thats only the beginning!This laugh-out-loud picture book is a dream come true for any kid who has ever wanted someone else to kiss Aunt Winnie or eat their lima beans. Author Patricia Marx and illustrator Roz Chast prove with hilarity that anyone can have the staff they need, if they have enough imagination. Clean copy.

Softcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 32 pages. Color illustrations throughout. Unusual that this softcover edition with no credits other than the publisher's copyright. The hardcover edition has Alice Sankey as author, Rosemary Buehrig as illustrator. Clean copy.

hardcover. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Susan Jeffers. Clean, unmarked copy with light fading and minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by James Stevenson. New Yorker cartoonist's first children's book of many to follow. Dust jacket with soil, edgewear, chip to bottom 1" of spine, small price sticker.

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Paintings in color by Patricia Neville. A story of the great nineteenth century clown. Clean copy.

NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 95 pages of fables, illustrated with appropriate prints from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's print collection, with b&w illustrations and red decorations. Dust jacket price-clipped, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Albert Whitman & Company, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white and color illustrations by Berta and Elmer Hader. Shows some wear but mostly clean and nice. Hardbound, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 76 pages, illustrated in color and 2-colors by Charles Rosner. Illustrated boards with black cloth spine. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York , Random House/Beginner Books, BC Ed., 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages, hardcover, color illustrated cloth with bowed cover, color illustrations throughout by Richard Erdoes. Light verse by LeSieg (Dr. Seuss). Stated Book Club Edition opposite title page. Covers show edge wear, soil. Interior clean.

Hardcover. San Diego and New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Jane Dyer. Nice, clean condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.

NY, Scribners, 9th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Color illustrations by Shulevitz. Light edgewear, closed tears to dust jacket. As the boy who lives in a tenement looks out the window on a rainy day, he begins a story about a king, a queen and a little price who visited him, but he was not home. Then, as the story progresses, more days and more characters are added on to the ensemble until on Sunday, when the cast of characters is complete, the little boy is home to greet his company. And, the reader discovers that the little boy's imagination allowed him to invent his company while he was playing with a deck of cards.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 47 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket shows heavy chipping and wear. Illustrations by Louis Slobodkin. chipped laminated boards. Large chunk missing on rear dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Michael Paraskevas. The mother (Author) and son (Artist) team present another adventure in the life of the poor little rich boy.

NY, Atheneum, 1st , 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket that is price-clipped. Color illustrations by Leslie Holt Morrill. Clean copy.

San Diego, Harcourt Brace , 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket6. Color illustrations by David Christiana. Small closed tear on dust jacket.

Softcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by McNaughton. Four graphically illustrated stories:"Cowboy Crazy", "Snow Crazy", "Pirate Crazy" and "Rock and Roll Crazy". Red laminated cardboard covers, no dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. NY/London, Frederick Warne, 2nd Ed., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Small hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The original of this story was written by Beatrice Potter in 1907 but never illustrated by her. This Second Edition features the first appearance of the lovely color plates by Marie Angel. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 46 pages. Line drawings by Lucy Dawson. Corners bumped. Edgewear to cardboard spine edges. Red lettering with black & white illustrations on front book cover.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrated by Wildsmith. A book with half-page flaps that reveal a visual suprise on the next page.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 7th pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial glossy boards. "With the same delightfully irreverent spirit that he brought to his retellings of Little Red Riding Hood, Marshall enlivens another favorite. . . . The illustrations are fraught with delicious humor and detail." Clean copy, no dust jacket. Top of spine has a small tear.

Hardcover. Somerville, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Benji Davis throughout. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. At the bottom of Syd's garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandad's house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isn't in any of the usual places. He's in the attic, where he ushers Syd through a door, and the two of them journey to a wild, beautiful island awash in color where Grandad decides he will remain. So Syd hugs Grandad one last time and sets sail for home. Visiting Grandad's house at the bottom of the garden again, he finds it just the same as it's always been -- except that Grandad isn't there anymore. Sure to provide comfort to young children struggling to understand loss, Benji Davies's tale is a sensitive and beautiful reminder that our loved ones live on in our memories long after they're gone.

Hardcover. NY, Crowell, 2nd pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by the author. 109 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping, rubbing and soil. Dust jacket price clipped.

Hardcover. NY, Star Bright Books, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, color illustrations throughout. First published in 1966, Brian Wildsmith's stunning art is the backdrop to this newly revised selection of Robert Louis Stevenson's wonderful poetry for children. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Non-paginated. BOOKPLATE ON FRONT ENDPAPER SIGNED BY AUTHOR JACK PRELUTSKY AND ILLUSTRATOR PETER SIS. Full color illustrations. Bright, clean copy. Once again the collaborators of The Dragons Are Singing Tonight have combined their extraordinary talents to concoct an irresistible collection of trolls, wizards, witches, giants, ogres (and a solitary yeti). "Jack Prelutsky is up to his usual hilarious no good in this new collection of witchy, wizardly, ogreish poems....Among the subjects of these briskly amusing poems is a wizard who rashly makes himself disappear, a seven-century-old apprentice witch....and a family-type ogre....Prelutsky's skill with catchy rhymes and delightfully fiendish subject matter is complemented by Peter Sis's humorously foreboding and cheerfully nonchalant illustrations."

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2006, Hardcover, 64 pages. The dapper Quincy tells all in this lighthearted introduc-tion to the art of photographing dogs. He's generous with helpful hints, like "You can stop to smell the roses, but dogs don't hold their poses," and mindful of the smallest details, such as allowing the subject to sniff the camera. To top it off, Quincy shares his favorite snaps from the field in a quirky slide presentation. In his inimitable style, J. otto Seibold delivers a book over-flowing with heart, humor, and four-footed friends. Part silly picture book, part off-the-cuff instruction manual, Quincy, the Hobby Photographer is an ideal gift for dog lovers and for photo enthusiasts of all ages.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton Childrens Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, color illustrations by Carol Benioff. After her grandmother dies, Chloe doesn't feel like celebrating the holidays at Grandpa's house because she knows it won't be the same, but with some reassuring words from Grandpa, Chloe realizes that she needs to move on and, while still remembering the past, establish new traditions for the future.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st US, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Anthony Browne. Clean, tight copy.

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

Hardcover. Boston, David R Godine, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A wonderful version of this classic Christmas song illustrated by award-winning artist Plume. Renaissance & illuminated manuscripts were the inspiration for the colorful art. On each day a beautiful, shy, young noblewoman receives a gift from her handsome Romeo. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, M A Donahue & Company , reprint , 1925, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 96 pages. Extensive color and b&w illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers and fly leaves. Light edge wear to top right corner of front cover. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Kessler. An I Can Read Book all about swimming. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Golden Books, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 28 pages. Color illustrations by Tony Strobl and the Mattinsons. Price sticker on rear cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations Charles Mikolaycak. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, John Lane, 1st thus, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with with 41 gold X's and 40 gilt butterflies stamped on the cover, no dust jacket, top edge gilt, untrimmed edges. With the date of 1900 on the title page, but with a John Lane Copyright 1899, The University Press U.S.A. on the CR page. With 18 Maxfield Parrish black & white plates. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st thus, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover, pictorial boards, 54 pages illustrated in lovely watercolors by the Danish artist Johannes Larsen. Commemorating,the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen on April 2nd, 1805. Translated by R. P. Keigwin. Small stamp on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow Books, 1st , 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Martin. Dust jacket with closed tear, light soil.

Hardcover. New York, Capital Publishing Company, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with cardboard pages and metal ring binding. Bell attachment missing. Moderate soil to board pages. Light rubbing.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, color art by the Mattinsons based on the animated TV show.

Hardcover. Saxonville, Mass., Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR YOSHI on title page. Book is printed back to front. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Overall, a tight clean copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st US, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Large hardcover. SIGNED BY OPIE on front fly leaf. SIGNED BY WELLS on title-page. Color illustrations by Rosemary Wells. Corners a bit bumped.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and World, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust, unclipped with $3.95 on flap. Color illustrations by Doris Lee. Quillow the toy-maker is the shortest man in town and Hunder the giant roams the countryside. Quillow saves his town from the ravages of Hunder. Exceptional copy, clean and bright.

New York , Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 185 pages, b&w illustrations by Peter Spier, Bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf, note card from author also laid in.

Hardcover. London, Frances Lincoln Children's Bks, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Some wear and light bumping to corners, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to boards.

Hardcover. NY, Platt and Munk, Revised Ed., 1932, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with large cover label illustration featuring Humpty Dumpty. Illustrated in color and b&w by Eulalie and Lois Lenski. Copyright page states 30th Edition with the latest date being 1932. Covers worn, spine cloth frayed with a short tear to bottom edge. Binding a little loose, fragile. Inside illustrations bright and clean.

Hardcover. New York, Four Winds, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Unpaginated. Color illustrations by Stephen Kellogg. Dust jacket has several closed tears.

Hardcover. NY/Tokyo, Weatherhill, 8th pr., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Delightful illustrations depict strange little men are busily engaged in tasks and activities that seem illogical or impossible. Small tape repair to front panel od dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Alan Lee. Seeking to become the best fiddler in the land, a boy angers the moon, who seeks revenge by making his sister mute, but when a monster threatens the land, it is only the boy's music that can subdue it and restore his sister's voice, Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated boards and color illustrations throughout by Karen Barbour. Clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, P.F. Volland Company, 1st, 1921, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Katharine Sturges Dodge. Chipping to covers, spine. Previous owner's erased pencil markings on title page. Tight.