Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth boards, 40 pages illustrated in color by Aldren Watson and SIGNED BY WATSON on the title page. Farmer West is getting old and finding taking care of his farm hard, but when he decides to sell, he doesn't like what all the buyers will do with it. What is he to do? Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Morrow Junior Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages, illustrated in color by Stanley. In an unclipped dust jacket with mild fading to spine.

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, Books of Wonder Sea Star Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with matching dustjacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Color illustrations by Christine Davenier. Tight copy.

Softcover. Miami FL, Russ Smiley, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 44 pages illustrated in color by Russ Smiley. Join Billy as he searches for pirate treasure under the sea. On his quest, with a little sea horse for his guide, Billy makes friends with the fish and learns about marine life.

Hardcover. London, George Routledge and Sons, unknown , nd., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book, illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Soiling to spine & covers. Edgewear. Corners rubbed, bumped. Previous owner's bookplate and booksellers label front pastedown. Some soiling throughout, otherwise good. Spots on spine.

Hardcover. New York, Willia Morrow and Company, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 142 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Mary K. Okheena. Remainder line to bottom edge 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. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 64 pages. Yarbrough weaves a beautiful story in picture-book format about the role of music in the lives of Africans and shows how it was transformed on American and Caribbean soil. The tale revolves around a "Roots of Rhythm and Blues" concert attended by a sister and brother and their parents, great grandmother, and elderly neighbor. At the park, the father tells his children about slavery and the "culture baggage" the slaves carried with them from Africa. With a compelling delivery that echoes the rhythmic chanting of the griot, the man speaks about concepts such as spirit power and the tree of life that at first are hard for his young son to grasp. The performance begins with a song of praise for the strength and endurance of a transplanted people. By the end, the youngsters understand more about their heritage and the role spirituals played and continue to play in it. Geter's pencil-and-charcoal illustrations are richly imaginative, evoking images of Africa, slavery, roots, and soaring trees. Clean copy.

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, HarperCollins, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, reprints 4 classical tales: "Harold and the Purple Crayon," "Harold's Fairy Tale," "Harold's Trip To The Sky" and "Harold's Circus." Illustrated throughout in two-colors by Johnson. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

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, Harper & Row, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, three-color art by author. Benjy, a small dog takes a surprise boat trip and meets an angry ship's cat. Clean. Book Club Edition, no dust jacket.

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, Harper & Row, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 61 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Frances Zweifel. A Science I CAN READ Book. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers;, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 42 pages. Mixed-media collage illustrations, prominently featuring oversize, digitally altered photographs of human heads, reflect Garmann's anxious thoughts in his last summer before he begins school. Signs of autumn abound in nature and in his elderly aunts' annual visit. The six-year-old side of Garmann thinks his aunts are shrinking and soon may not be able to see over the grass, naively offers one aunt his skateboard when she says that soon she will need a walker, and worries because he has not lost his first tooth.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Edith and Little Bear try to clean up New York City. Illustrated with black and white photos by Wright, endpapers are a panoramic of NYC which includes the Twin Towers. Light musty odor, sun fading to spine edge, otherwise a clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. On a sweltering summer day in Brooklyn, the local firemen spray a group of bored city kids with cool water from their hoses. In the water-drenched moments that follow, the children make the most of this unexpected treat. Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem comes alive with charming and exuberant woodcuts by David Frampton, creating an adventure that readers of all ages will enjoy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, Revised Ed., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY MACAULAY on the half-title page. The information age is upon us, baffling us with thousands of complicated state-of-the-art technologies. To help make sense of the computer age, David Macaulay brings us The New Way Things Work. This completely updated and expanded edition describes twelve new machines and includes more than seventy new pages detailing the latest innovations. With an entirely new section that guides us through the complicated world of digital machinery, where masses of electronic information can be squeezed onto a single tiny microchip, this revised edition embraces all of the newest developments, from cars to watches. Each scientific principle is brilliantly explained--with the help of a charming, if rather slow-witted, woolly mammoth. Autographed sticker on cover, a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 292 pages. This deluxe reproduction of the rare first edition features all twelve of Oz artist John R. Neill's beautiful color plates, along with his nearly one hundred black-and-white drawings, Afterword by Peter Glassman.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 315 pages. B&w drawings by Erna Pinner. Appears to be a 1950s reprint of the 1939 title. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Creative Editions, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. A collection of whimsical creatures introduce the colors of the rainbow, identify the primary colors, and show how to create new colors.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth with black stamping. 32 pages illustrated with bold colors by the author. A young Indian boy gives timely warning of a forest fire, saving both the wild animals and his people. Tape residue on covers where dj was taped to book, light stamp to front endpaper. Ex-lib. Interior clean.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel, 2nd pr., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 52 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ON TITLE PAGE. Color illustrations by David Small. Winner of the Caldecott Medal. Clean, tight copy. Second printing, no medal sticker on cover.

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1951, Book: Poor, Hardcover, oblong pictorial boards, 55 pages. Charming children's story of a cobbler with a cat, a dog, and a little mouse named Mr. T. T. Anthony Woo. There is no peace in the house with the cat and dog always chasing after the mouse and vice-versa, until the cobbler's sister moves in with her parrot and upsets things ever more. Illustrated throughout with wonderful full page Lithographs by the author. A Caldecott Honor Book Award Winner in 1952. Fair to poor only as the binding has separated from the black cloth spine. It's all there. no markings, a scarce first printing that's begging to be repaired. Edgewear ro boards.

Hardcover. Akron, OH, Saalfield Publishing, 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with light chipped laminated boards. Spine is loose, as are gutter but still intact. Light wear to pages. Fore edge and corners moderatly frayed. Still good condition. Text describing various dog breeds and 12 full page color plates by Thorne. Thorne is among the most highly regarded dog artists; this volume includes drawings of many different breeds: the Collie, German Shepherd Dog, English Setter, Cocker Spaniel "Husky", Boston Terrier, Irish Terrier, Great Dane, Sealyham terrier, Wire Haired Fox terrier, Cairn terrier and Airedale.

Hardcover. NY, Arthur A. Levine Books, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, oblong format. 32 pages with gorgeous watercolors by McCully. Mingyi, a desperate woman who does not want to marry the no-good Soong Ling, seeks the help of Master Wu Mei, the "beautiful warrior" who teaches Mingyi the philosophy and techniques of kung fu to defend herself against her suitor. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, M.A. Donohue & Company, reprint, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 95 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has heavy chipping and wear. Small chunk missing from top, corners and bottom/top spine. Chipping to cover boards, light internal soil, gutter cracked on page 19.

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. Color illustrations by Boche Kaplan. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1928, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Chipping, tears and heavy wear to cover boards. Rear hinge separated with staples exposed. Previous owner's marking on preliminary pages.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Brown. In Venice, city of cats and canals, a little striped cat is befriended by a canal boatman's son and gets a name and a home. Library binding, some tape residue to boards but no stamping, clean interior.

Hardcover. New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE. Tight copy with little wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Mitra. Waking up on his birthday with a toothache, Elephant visits the dentist and learns about proper tooth care. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

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. London, Writers and Readers , 1st UK, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards. From two Italian authors, this tale of female baby elephants who rebel against their allotted role is an early example of challenging sexist stereotyping in children's books. 32 pages in color. Top 1" of spine worn, front fly leaf torn away. The rest of the book clean and tight.

Softcover. US, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with light to minor wear to paper wrappers. Illustrated by H. Cady. Previous owner's markings on some pages.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Books, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Palazzo, previous owner's sticker on front endpaper and minor edge wear, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Parent's Magazine Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, 48 pages. Striking drawn illustrations by Devlin. Fifteen tales from many lands explaining nature's phenomena: thunder, lightning, and rain. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, P.F. Volland Company, 1st, 1918, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Previous owner's name on title page. Front hinge cracked and separated from pages. Covers show heavy wear to edges and has chipping and frayed corners. Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle in color. Previous owner's sticker in rear end paper.

Hardcover. Sydney, Austalia, P.I.C., 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Robert Ingpen. Clean, tight copy. This children's picture story, a detective mystery, is about a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, and which disappears in New Jersey. This is one of the author's most hilarious, but overlooked, masterpieces for any child or adult to enjoy. The life-like illustrations are by international illustrator, Robert Ingpen. The literature classic was originally published in 1882 as a short story.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 14th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Story of the Santa Fe trail, presented in a charming production with full color plates and marginal line drawings presenting learning lessons on a variety of Western history subjects. Stated 14th printing, rear of DJ is review for just the Paddle to the Sea. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Gulliver Books/Harcourt, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 82 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with color illustrations by Tom Pohrt.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Covers bound in blue cloth with gilt title on spine and cover with decoration and pastedown art. Beautiful b/w illustrations throughout by Seton. Bump to top corner of cover, small scrape to cover label otherwise clean, very good. The aim of this well-illustrated work is to picture the life of a Grizzly Bear with the added glamour of a remarkable Bear personality (from the Preface). Presented in 16 chapters, Seton considered this work as an historical novel of Bear life.

Hardcover. Copenhagen, Jespersen & Pio, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light wear, closed tear. 125 pages, color illustrations by Axel Mathiesen. No markings.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Minor wear to dust jacket. Light rubbing to covers, fading to spine. Illustrations by Wendy Watson.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers decorated in gilt, 251 pages. Edited by Tiffany Thayer. Black & white drawings by Robert Ball. Excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, 40 pages with wonderful 3-color woodcuts by Robert Quackenbush. Covers are worn and shabby looking, inside pages bright and clean. Small notation on title page. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black silhouetted illustrations by Ed Young. Clean, tight copy with light wear to dust jacket and covers.

Hardcover. NY, Rand McNally & Co., 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Illustrated in 2-colors by Dugald MacDougall. The story of a 6-year old Zulu girl who has many adventures when she goes to the store alone for the first time! Includes exotic setting & details of Zulu life. Author grew up in South Africa. Light wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Nicole Rubel. Amelia adopts a stray bull terrier who barks a lot but earns her family's gratitude by solving a mystery. Dust jacket shows light wear, clean copy.